Let us be happy in our work. Company, dismissed
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Colonel Saito:
[Addressing the prisoners, who are standing in formation]
English prisoners... let us ask the question... "Why does the bridge not progress?" You know why. Because your officers are lazy! They think themselves too good to share your burdens! This is not just. Therefore, you are not happy in your work. Therefore, the bridge does not progress. But there is another cause. I do not hide the truth. With deep shame and regret, I admit to you the failure of a member of the Japanese staff. I refer to Lieutenant Mioura. Colonel Saito:
[points to Lt. Mioura, who looks down with shame]
He is a bad engineer! He is unworthy of command! Colonel Saito:
Therefore, I have removed him from his post. Tomorrow we begin again. I shall be in personal command. Today we rest. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. As token of regard for your efforts in the future... I give presents to you all! Colonel Saito:
[the back gate of a nearby truck is dropped down, revealing stacks of packages, Red Cross parcels, etc]
Let us be happy in our work. Company, dismissed
[Addressing the prisoners, who are standing in formation]
English prisoners... let us ask the question... "Why does the bridge not progress?" You know why. Because your officers are lazy! They think themselves too good to share your burdens! This is not just. Therefore, you are not happy in your work. Therefore, the bridge does not progress. But there is another cause. I do not hide the truth. With deep shame and regret, I admit to you the failure of a member of the Japanese staff. I refer to Lieutenant Mioura. Colonel Saito:
[points to Lt. Mioura, who looks down with shame]
He is a bad engineer! He is unworthy of command! Colonel Saito:
Therefore, I have removed him from his post. Tomorrow we begin again. I shall be in personal command. Today we rest. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. As token of regard for your efforts in the future... I give presents to you all! Colonel Saito:
[the back gate of a nearby truck is dropped down, revealing stacks of packages, Red Cross parcels, etc]
Let us be happy in our work. Company, dismissed
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English prisoners
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Let us ask the question
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why does the bridge not progress
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You know why because your officers are lazy
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They think themselves too good to share your burden
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This is not just
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Therefore you are not happy in your work
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Movie Summary
British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
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Colonel Saito
